On 2014-07-30 at 12:41:59 +0200, Anil Belur <askb23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Anil Belur <askb23@xxxxxxxxx> This line is only necessary if you're sending the patch on behalf of someone else. Also there is no need to have the 1/1 in the Subject line as you're only sending one patch, not an entire series. > v2: > - private_ioctl() internally calls copy_{to,from}_user() and does > not use '__user' which gives out several sparse warnings > - this patch adds __user annotation to the data member of struct > tagSCmdRequest as suggested by tklauser@xxxxxxxxxx Patch history should go below the '---' as it doesn't need to be included in the commit message. > - sparse warnings fixed: > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:78:51: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:78:51: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:78:51: got void *data It's sufficient to only show one instance of the sparse warning in the commit message, since they're all the same. > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:117:55: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:117:55: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:117:55: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:149:46: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:149:46: expected void [noderef] asn:1>*to > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:149:46: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:166:51: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:166:51: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:166:51: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:212:50: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:212:50: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:212:50: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:276:38: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:276:38: expected void [noderef] asn:1>*to > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:276:38: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:292:38: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:292:38: expected void [noderef] asn:1>*to > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:292:38: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:300:48: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:300:48: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:300:48: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:344:38: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:344:38: expected void [noderef] asn:1>*to > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:344:38: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:353:38: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:353:38: expected void [noderef] asn:1>*to > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:353:38: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:360:38: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:360:38: expected void [noderef] asn:1>*to > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:360:38: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:401:49: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:401:49: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:401:49: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:424:49: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:424:49: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:424:49: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:440:49: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:440:49: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:440:49: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:457:49: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:457:49: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:457:49: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:479:54: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:479:54: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:479:54: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:563:38: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:563:38: expected void [noderef] asn:1>*to > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:563:38: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:571:52: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:571:52: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:571:52: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:615:38: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:615:38: expected void [noderef] asn:1>*to > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:615:38: got void *data > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:631:53: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:631:53: expected void const [noderef] asn:1>*from > drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c:631:53: got void *data > > Signed-off-by: Anil Belur <askb23@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/vt6655/iocmd.h | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/iocmd.h b/drivers/staging/vt6655/iocmd.h > index e499f1b..dd12498 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/iocmd.h > +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/iocmd.h > @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ typedef enum tagWZONETYPE { > #pragma pack(1) > typedef struct tagSCmdRequest { > u8 name[16]; > - void *data; > + void __user *data; > u16 wResult; > u16 wCmdCode; > } SCmdRequest, *PSCmdRequest; > -- > 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel